Consultation Process on Academic Network Launched

(New York - 10 March 2006) The Global Compact office has initiated a broad
consultation process with academic partners around the world with the aim to
create a robust and dynamic Global Compact Academic Network. A document that was
sent today from Executive Head Georg Kell to more than 240 friends of the Global
Compact in the academic world outlines a new framework for the engagement and
the governance of academic institutions within the initiative. Academic partners
are encouraged to actively participate in this consultation process, which will
last until 30 June 2006. Based on the suggestions, ideas and proposals, the
revised document will become an explicit policy for the engagement of academic
institutions in the Global Compact.